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Howard James Simmons on Final field-specific analysis related to the “Boghossian Report” is released, on philosophy…October 27, 2026
The stigmatisation of certain theories, counter-intuitive to many, as ‘preposterous’ should be avoided. It is not ultimately conducive to discovering…
Mr Richard H Marshall on Final field-specific analysis related to the “Boghossian Report” is released, on philosophy…October 27, 2026
I think Daniel and Bryan are both right. Peter Ludlow ends his piece cited in the report defending the Analytics…
Charles Pigden on In Memoriam: Timothy Smiley (1930-2026)October 26, 2026
Interesting that Daniel Came and I both have happy memories of being taught logic as undergraduates by Timothy Smiley even…
BRYAN FRANCES on Final field-specific analysis related to the “Boghossian Report” is released, on philosophy…October 26, 2026
In partial contrast, I can’t think of a time when philosophy was more interesting or impressive compared to today. The…
Philip Bold on Talk to philosopher botsOctober 26, 2026
I chatted with the Ludwig Wittgenstein bot and was overall quite impressed. It confirmed a hypothesis I previously had that…
Roger of Invisible America on Hubert Dreyfus’s attack on AI: relevant againOctober 26, 2026
I’m a little bit disappointed that no one here thus far has posted a comment on Iain Thomson’s recent Heidegger…
Daniel Kaufman on Final field-specific analysis related to the “Boghossian Report” is released, on philosophy…October 26, 2026
There was a moment, back in the mid-2010s, when these clowns were ascendent and in a position to impose real…